SHAN STATE- The junta truck leaving Kutkai Township was reportedly ambushed by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Batallion-39 on Pyidaungsu Road near its 38-mile point Manping Village.
The junta causalities in the recent attack are not known yet, stated a local.
The KIA batallion-34 and Momeit District’s Kachin People’s Defense Force (K-PDF) have simultaneously attacked the four junta outposts in Kyatpyin Village in the western part of Mogok City on May 10.
Three policemen and eight soldiers were killed and at least seven policemen and four soldiers were reportedly injured due to the attacks, as stated by Momeit District K-PDF. It was also reported that a nine-year-old child was killed in a heavy artillery blast fired by the junta forces.